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i wanna over-clock a few things, but so far i am only aware of a few things.
i want info on what kind of temperature my CPU is perfectly OK at. atm my CPU is running at 50 C. and it's a hot day. so, what kind fo temperature would create a compromise between speed and lifetime?
also, the voltages on CPU, DRAM and AGP are as follows:
CPU mhz: 1729.00Mhz
CPU: 1.596
DRAM: 2.5
AGP: 1.5
The APCI, DRAM and AGP clock, frequnecy or SOMETHING are as follows:
DRAM: 266
AGP: 66
PCI: 33
OK, you overclocking techie's - you should know what i'm on about, so help me please....
note: the tool i'm using is Gigabyte Easytune 4.
i want info on what kind of temperature my CPU is perfectly OK at. atm my CPU is running at 50 C. and it's a hot day. so, what kind fo temperature would create a compromise between speed and lifetime?
also, the voltages on CPU, DRAM and AGP are as follows:
CPU mhz: 1729.00Mhz
CPU: 1.596
DRAM: 2.5
AGP: 1.5
The APCI, DRAM and AGP clock, frequnecy or SOMETHING are as follows:
DRAM: 266
AGP: 66
PCI: 33
OK, you overclocking techie's - you should know what i'm on about, so help me please....
note: the tool i'm using is Gigabyte Easytune 4.
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i wanna over-clock a few things, but so far i am only aware of a few things.
i want info on what kind of temperature my CPU is perfectly OK at. atm my CPU is running at 50 C. and it's a hot day. so, what kind fo temperature would create a compromise between speed and lifetime?
also, the voltages on CPU, DRAM and AGP are as follows:
CPU mhz: 1729.00Mhz
CPU: 1.596
DRAM: 2.5
AGP: 1.5
The APCI, DRAM and AGP clock, frequnecy or SOMETHING are as follows:
DRAM: 266
AGP: 66
PCI: 33
OK, you overclocking techie's - you should know what i'm on about, so help me please....
note: the tool i'm using is Gigabyte Easytune 4.
i want info on what kind of temperature my CPU is perfectly OK at. atm my CPU is running at 50 C. and it's a hot day. so, what kind fo temperature would create a compromise between speed and lifetime?
also, the voltages on CPU, DRAM and AGP are as follows:
CPU mhz: 1729.00Mhz
CPU: 1.596
DRAM: 2.5
AGP: 1.5
The APCI, DRAM and AGP clock, frequnecy or SOMETHING are as follows:
DRAM: 266
AGP: 66
PCI: 33
OK, you overclocking techie's - you should know what i'm on about, so help me please....
note: the tool i'm using is Gigabyte Easytune 4.
It would help if you told us what model of CPU you were using...
(*Is guessing it's an AthlonXP2200+*)
(*Is guessing it's an AthlonXP2200+*)
*Meant to write 2100+*
yup, an Athlon 2100+
1) You should have decent case cooling: 2 80mm fans - one intake at the front, one extraction at the back.
2) Good contact between the heatsink and the CPU - use a good quality thermal paste such as Arctic Silver III.
3) A copper heatsink is probably best, with a good, high-airflow fan. Large, slower spinning fans can give around the same airflow as smaller, faster ones, but are much quieter, which is nice.
4) Try not to go above 60 degrees, although the CPU won't actually die until around 90, staying under 60 guarantees more stability.
5) Do some more research on overclocking.
I've got an AthlonXP2000+ running at 1.8GHz, with an idle temperature of 40 degrees, and it hits 48-49 after 4 hours of 100% load.
2) Good contact between the heatsink and the CPU - use a good quality thermal paste such as Arctic Silver III.
3) A copper heatsink is probably best, with a good, high-airflow fan. Large, slower spinning fans can give around the same airflow as smaller, faster ones, but are much quieter, which is nice.
4) Try not to go above 60 degrees, although the CPU won't actually die until around 90, staying under 60 guarantees more stability.
5) Do some more research on overclocking.
I've got an AthlonXP2000+ running at 1.8GHz, with an idle temperature of 40 degrees, and it hits 48-49 after 4 hours of 100% load.
yeah, i saw a cooler master copper heatsink and fan mounted on top of it, but i'm unsure of wether it's probably better than the AMD one that came with the CPU pack. it's a metal heatsink with fan on top, but the metal isn't copper.
plus i should probably fish out the dust on the fan if i want it to keep light and fast.... oh, and the case of the PC is OPEN, but is about an inch away from a wall.
plus i should probably fish out the dust on the fan if i want it to keep light and fast.... oh, and the case of the PC is OPEN, but is about an inch away from a wall.
i saw some nice looking aluminium RAM heatsinks, but they're probably for the more powerful. OR for the overclockers.
oh, and let me get this straight.
is it only heat that matters in overclocking? i mean does the voltage or frequency of the stuff come to a point where it'll fry the tracks?
oh, and let me get this straight.
is it only heat that matters in overclocking? i mean does the voltage or frequency of the stuff come to a point where it'll fry the tracks?
Voltage and stuff does matter.
You should fish out some overclocking sites. There's far too much for someone to go into here, because it would take so long.
As well as heat being a limiting factor, even if it's eliminated each CPU will have a limit, although it'll be hard to reach that limit without some £300+ cooling.
You should fish out some overclocking sites. There's far too much for someone to go into here, because it would take so long.
As well as heat being a limiting factor, even if it's eliminated each CPU will have a limit, although it'll be hard to reach that limit without some £300+ cooling.
And the cooler master copper sink is probably a lot better than the sucky AMD heatsink.
i just had a fiendish idea. What if i rotate the PC around a little so that my portable plastic fan can blow into the side, and hopefully cool stuff off a bit. though i am concrened - what if it blows dust INTO the components?
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